{{Short description|Malaysian politician}} {{Malay name|Awang|Hassan|note=on}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dato' Dr. | name = Awang Hassan | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|SMN|SPMJ|DUPN}} | native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|اواڠ حسن}}}} | image = Tun Dr. Awang Hassan.jpeg | image_size = 200px | order = 5th Governor of Penang | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Lim Chong Eu | term_start = 1 May 1981 | term_end = 30 April 1989 | predecessor = Sardon Jubir | successor = Hamdan Sheikh Tahir | order2 = 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia | monarch2 = Abdul Halim <br /> Yahya Petra <br /> Ahmad Shah | predecessor2 = Fuad Stephens | successor2 = Lim Taik Choon | term_start2 = 1973 | term_end2 = 1980 | constituency_MP3 = Muar Selatan <br /> {{small|(Parliament suspended 13 May 1969 – 20 February 1971)}} | parliament3 = Malaysian | term_start3 = 1963 | term_end3 = 1974 | predecessor3 = Suleiman Abdul Rahman | successor3 = ''Constituency abolished'' | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|11|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Muar, Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia) | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|9|12|1910|11|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia | resting_place = Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum | party = | spouse = {{plainlist| *{{Marriage|Khadijah Abdul Rahman|1936|1987|reason=died}} *{{marriage|Zubaidah Abdul Rahman|1989}} }} | children = 7 (including Yahya Awang) | occupation = Politician | profession = Doctor | alma_mater = King Edward VII College of Medicine | signature = | relations = Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (father-in-law) <br /> Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) <br /> Suleiman Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) <br /> Abu Bakar Suleiman (nephew) }}
'''Awang bin Hassan''' ({{langx|ms-Arab|اواڠ بن حسن|label=Jawi|italic=unset}}; 9 November 1910 – 12 September 1998)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore|last=Faridah Abdul Rashid|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4771-5995-8|location=Bloomington|pages=383|oclc=819718028}}</ref> was a Malaysian politician and doctor who served as the 5th Governor of Penang from 1981 until his retirement in 1989. He had previously served as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980.
==Early life and education== Awang was born in Muar, Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia). He received his early education at Sekolah Bukit Zahrah in Johor Bahru and later at the English College Johore Bahru.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar (English College) : Sejarah dan Biografi 100 Tokoh Melakar Kegemilangan|publisher=Percetakan Bumi Restu Sdn Bhd|others=Kamdi Kamil|year=2014|isbn=978-983-42249-8-1|edition=1st|location=Johor Bahru|pages=52|oclc=892514524}}</ref> Awang began attendance at the King Edward VII College of Medicine (now the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore) and graduated with a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (LMS) in 1934. He worked as a specialist in Kandang Kerbau Hospital in Singapore before opening his own clinic.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore|last=Faridah Abdul Rashid|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4771-5995-8|location=Bloomington|pages=384|oclc=819718028}}</ref>
==Political career== Awang joined politics and was made Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat and Member of Parliament for Muar Selatan. He was later appointed as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980, after which he became the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang, Malaysia from 1981 to 1989.<ref>[http://www.governorsofpenang.net/5.php Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416234916/http://www.governorsofpenang.net/5.php |date=16 April 2009}}. ''Governors of Penang''.</ref> Awang also played a part in the formation of United Malays National Organisation together with his brother-in-laws, Suleiman Abdul Rahman and Ismail Abdul Rahman.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore|last=Faridah Abdul Rashid|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4771-5995-8|location=Bloomington|pages=385|oclc=819718028}}</ref>
==Personal life== Tun Awang married Toh Puan Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1936.<ref>{{cite news | title=MUAR DOCTOR | work=Malaya Tribune | date=10 March 1936 | pages=2}}</ref> They had four sons and three daughters. In 1989, two years after Toh Puan Khadijah's death, Tun Awang married her younger sister-in-law, Toh Puan Dr. Zubaidah Abdul Rahman.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Faridah Abdul Rashid|title=Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4771-5995-8|location=Bloomington|pages=395|oclc=819718028}}</ref>
==Death== Tun Dr. Awang Hassan died on 12 September 1998 at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore|last=Faridah Abdul Rashid|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4771-5995-8|location=Bloomington|pages=396|oclc=819718028}}</ref> He was buried at the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum in Johor Bahru.<ref>{{cite news | title=Former Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang dies | work=New Straits Times | date=13 September 1998 | pages=9}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Honours of Malaysia=== * {{flag|Malaysia}} ** 50px Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965)<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212223754/http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|archive-date=12 December 2019|access-date=2 May 2021|publisher=Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)}}</ref> ** 50px Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN) – '''Tun''' (1982)<ref>{{cite web|title=Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1982.|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my//wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1982.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001013655/https://www.istiadat.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1982.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2021 }}</ref> * {{Flag|Johor}} ** 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SPMJ) – '''Dato'''' (1977)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pengemudi Bahtera Merdeka Johor|publisher=Yayasan Warisan Johor|others=Abu Bakar bin Abdul Hamid, Zam Ismail, 1943-, Kamdi Kamil, 1949-|year=2012|isbn=978-983-2440-46-8|edition=1st|location=Johor Bahru, Johor|pages=192|language=ms|oclc=870691698}}</ref> * {{flag|Penang}} ** 50px Knight Grand Commander (DUPN) with title ''Dato' Seri Utama'' ** 50px Grand Master of the Order of the Defender of State
===Places named after him=== thumb|Taman Tun Dr Awang Several projects and institutions were named after him, including: * Jalan Tun Dr Awang, a major highway in Penang which connects from Sungai Nibong to Bayan Lepas * Taman Tun Dr Awang, a township in Butterworth, Penang
==See also== * Yahya Awang * Governor of Penang * Muar
==References== {{Reflist}}
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